Orient Express train receives its first redesign in almost 100 years - Dezeen

In this exclusive video produced by Dezeen, French designer Maxime d'Angeac reveals however his redesign of the historical Orient Express train – its archetypal update successful astir a period – aims to make "a caller embassy of French luxury".

Launching successful 2025, the interiors of the bid cars were revealed successful an immersive virtual world (VR) accumulation called Orient Express Revelation, displayed during Paris creation week betwixt 17 to 21 October 2022.

The updated interiors of the bid were revealed done an immersive VR experience

The archetypal Orient Express bid was designed by Belgian civilian technologist Georges Nagelmackers 140 years ago. Since then, the bid received its archetypal and lone redesign successful 1924, making D'Angeac's reinterpretation the archetypal successful astir 100 years.

"We person 2 versions of the Orient Express," explained D'Angeac successful the video. "One successful 1833, and 1 highly celebrated [sic] that you could spot successful the movies of James Bond and of Sidney Lumet, which was the Orient Express 1924."

"Since 1924, thing happened, truthful we've redone everything 100 years later."

The caller plan volition beryllium launched successful 2025, marking its archetypal update successful 100 years

Hospitality radical Accor selected D'Angeac based connected his acquisition of carrying retired restoration and decoration projects for brands specified arsenic Daum, Hermès, and Guerlain implicit the past 20 years. He was fixed the elemental little of "redesigning the astir iconic bid successful the world."

The caller plan is informed by 19th-century French design and is characterised by "contemporary luxury". It features rosewood details, marble-covered tables and bronze file capitals.

"This is the reinterpretation of a legendary train, conceived arsenic a caller embassy of French luxury, sublimated by the know-how and talents of the champion French craftsmen," said D'Angeac.

The plan includes a Bar Car with domed ceilings and agleam greenish armchairs

The Bar Car features ample domed skylights informed by Second Empire-style and an all-glass barroom antagonistic that pays tribute to French jeweller René Lalique, whose glassworks adorned the archetypal Orient Express train.

"A bully illustration of the complexity of the enactment is the bar, due to the fact that it's a tribute to the French and of the 19th century," explained D'Angeac.

The Dining Car is dimly lit and has a mirrored ceiling, which creates a lukewarm ambiance

The Dining Car features a mirrored ceiling punctuated by a bid of arches, eating tables and cosy wraparound armchairs, arsenic good arsenic lampshades that wage homage to the archetypal lights recovered successful the train.

The boarding suites diagnostic a worldly palette of wood and leather with accents of parent pearl and bronze. Panels taken from the archetypal train, which diagnostic Lalique's Blackbirds & Grapes design, are utilized passim the rooms.

The chamber suites are adorned with accents of parent pearl and bronze

The immersive accumulation volition marque its mode from Paris to Design Miami successful November, displaying from 30 November to 4 December.

More accusation astir the motorboat of the caller Orient Express is available here, with behind-the-scenes entree and exclusives from the architects, designers and artists.

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